Minnesota Wild and Frost fans might want to try out new nicknames for their home ice — The Grand, perhaps? The downtown St. Paul hockey arena, formerly known as the Xcel Energy Center, was renamed Grand Casino Arena on Wednesday.
Minnesota Wild Sports & Entertainment (MSE) and Grand Casino Mille Lacs and Grand Casino Hinckley celebrated a 14-year naming rights partnership with a handshake and exchange of gifts at the arena’s clubhouse…
Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold greeted guests with “Boozhoo,” a greeting in the Ojibwe language.
“The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has been a passionate supporter and investor in St. Paul, and we are thrilled for their partnership and support of the Minnesota Wild in our arena,” Leipold said.
